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do it yourself muzzle break
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<blockquote data-quote="FearNoWind" data-source="post: 945306" data-attributes="member: 50867"><p>Defining "straight" is a matter of acceptable variable over a given distance. Perfectly "straight" allows for 0 variable tolerance but even some of the better lathes can have an error in the order of .0005 or a bit less over some range of distance along the lathe bed, depending on how far the carriage travels and how accurately the tail stock adjusts. My lathe (not a gunsmith lathe) will vary .0003 over twelve inches. To obtain better runout than that I have to spend a lot of time tweaking the feeds. From your description I assume your friend threaded a counter bore into which he screws a muzzle brake. Machining a counter bore to repair a damaged muzzle is not uncommon but I've never seen a muzzle break installed that way.</p><p>Bottom line - if the rifling at the muzzle is properly machined I see no reason why a muzzle break installed that way wouldn't work - but, IMO, it'd be a lot more work and sets up the potential for greater chance of error than the traditional method used for screw on breaks. </p><p>A properly designed and installed muzzle break should have no adverse affect on the bullets path.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FearNoWind, post: 945306, member: 50867"] Defining "straight" is a matter of acceptable variable over a given distance. Perfectly "straight" allows for 0 variable tolerance but even some of the better lathes can have an error in the order of .0005 or a bit less over some range of distance along the lathe bed, depending on how far the carriage travels and how accurately the tail stock adjusts. My lathe (not a gunsmith lathe) will vary .0003 over twelve inches. To obtain better runout than that I have to spend a lot of time tweaking the feeds. From your description I assume your friend threaded a counter bore into which he screws a muzzle brake. Machining a counter bore to repair a damaged muzzle is not uncommon but I've never seen a muzzle break installed that way. Bottom line - if the rifling at the muzzle is properly machined I see no reason why a muzzle break installed that way wouldn't work - but, IMO, it'd be a lot more work and sets up the potential for greater chance of error than the traditional method used for screw on breaks. A properly designed and installed muzzle break should have no adverse affect on the bullets path. [/QUOTE]
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